Tri Area News » budget http://www.trinews.ca News for Stony Plain, Spruce Grove, and Parkland County Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:27:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Economy forces Stony Plain to raise taxes http://www.trinews.ca/2009/05/06/economy-forces-stony-plain-to-raise-taxes/ http://www.trinews.ca/2009/05/06/economy-forces-stony-plain-to-raise-taxes/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 22:26:59 +0000 Editor http://www.trinews.ca/?p=3 Town of Stony PlainAccording to the Reporter, council members for the Town of Stony Plain have just approved a 3.5% property tax hike.  However, it’s not as bad as it could be: the originally tabled hike was to be as high as 6.88%.  To achieve a lower increase the town’s administration made some substantial cuts, including delaying the hiring of a new Deputy Fire Chief.

The City of Spruce Grove also just announced a tax hike of it’s own: 4.9%.

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